William Cody Clark, 22, was booked Tuesday on two counts of third-degree burglary, according to the Limestone County Sheriff's Office. He was later released on $5,000 bond.

The case became well-known after the homeowner, Christy Paysinger, posted about the theft on Facebook. Paysinger's young daughter, Molly, is herself a St. Jude's patient, having been diagnosed with leukemia in July 2014, at the age of 2.

Stephen Young, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office, said Wednesday that Clark's arrest came about because of the investigation into another home burglary that occurred May 11 in Toney. Clark is also charged in that case.

During the investigation, deputies learned that Clark had pawned several items from that incident, in which a safe, firearms, cash, jewelry and electronics were stolen.

Investigators were able to recover some items from Clark's home, but he told them that other items had already been sold or destroyed. Some of what Clark had destroyed were checks stolen from the Paysinger residence.

Clark told investigators he burned the checks, but spent the cash from both burglaries on drugs.

Following news of the burglary at the Paysingers', people stepped up to help Molly replace the cash she had worked so hard to collect. The booster club at Johnson Elementary School in Athens, which Molly's older brother Mason attends, stepped in to donate half of its proceeds from a weekend of ballgames to the cause.

A GoFundMe page set up to help the family pay for expenses related to travel to and from Memphis for Molly's treatment has also received about another $1,000 since the burglary. The donations on the page currently sit at more than $22,000.